left-handed monkey wrench

noun

A fictional item, the subject of a fool's errand.

“Near-synonyms: skyhook, left-handed smoke shifter, key to the midway, blinker fluid, muffler bearing, relative bearing grease, pigeon's milk”

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Meanings

nounleft-handed monkey wrench (plural left-handed monkey wrenches)

plural left-handed monkey wrenches

  1. A fictional item, the subject of a fool's errand.

    Near-synonyms: skyhook, left-handed smoke shifter, key to the midway, blinker fluid, muffler bearing, relative bearing grease, pigeon's milk

    Synonyms: skyhook, left-handed smoke shifter, key to the midway, blinker fluid, muffler bearing, relative bearing grease, pigeon's milk

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA fictional item, the subject of a fool's errand.

Similar
skyhookleft-handed smoke shifterkey to the midwayblinker fluidmuffler bearingrelative bearing greasepigeon's milk
Also see
blinker fluidkey to the midwayleft-handed smoke shiftermuffler bearingrelative bearing grease
Cite this entry
APA

left-handed monkey wrench. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/left-handed%20monkey%20wrench

MLA

“left-handed monkey wrench.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/left-handed%20monkey%20wrench. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “left-handed monkey wrench,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/left-handed%20monkey%20wrench.

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